Custom forks for 796

[Hyper Ronin]

I have always liked my 796 with one obvious exception. The front end handling has a very indistinct feel. Unfortunately there is no way to adjust the stock forks. So I pulled them off and sent them to GP suspension with the idea of having custom 25mm cartridges built. It turns out that you cannot even fully disassemble the bottom of the stock forks and in the process a fork tube was broken. I did not want to just replace the stock forks so after lots of searching, Dave from GP recommended I check out an Italian manufacturer called Andreani. The site is in Italian but thanks to Google translator I learned that Andreani group sells other makers parts as well as designing their own custom parts. And it just so happens that they released a custom set of forks for the 796. The US importer is fastbikeindustries.com. I ordered mine through GP and the arrived yesterday. The forks are built / valved by your weight, riding style, etc which was part of a survey I filled out for GP.

Now to the goods. These things are in a totally different class that the stock forks. Fully adjustable preload, rebound and compression damping.



The bad news is the cost: $1699. I've only ridden a little bit on them so far but it is much better. The simple fact that you can actually adjust them is worth it to me.

So to anyone who is looking for a suspension upgrade to the 796, these are the ticket.

[el tardo]

those forks have been out for about six months now. good to see someone finally got a set.

[Hyper Ronin]

Good to know el tardo. This was all news to me. I had been looking for options but was unaware of these forks until recently.

Anyway, here's another photo of the top of the forks.
The ability to post more than one photo per reply seems to be beyond my abilities.

[el tardo]

now all you need is the rear shock off the 1100s and the adjustable ride height bar and you will have the best handling 796 out of all of us!!

the stock rear shock sucks and i wish i had your new front forks!!!
at least i have the most hp for any 796 hyper!!

[krisnet55]

I should be getting mine by Friday, hopefully, but its the cartridge kit for the 1100. Cant beat it for $700 shipped

I mentioned these a while back and seemed really good.

Anybody have these cartridges?

I also put some other brands for the 1100 but for the 796 you have only one option and its the one you have now. The guy at Fastbikeindustries mention that if you try to disassemble the 796 fork you will break it, I guess its true.

[Hyper Ronin]

Yeah a replacement rear shock is in the future.